Type-writer.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

L. G.- GARRETT. TYPE WRITER APPLIGATIOH ELLE!) SEPT 25. 1904.

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TYPE WRITER.

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PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906.

TYPE WRITER.

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L. G. GARRETT.

TYPE WRITER.

APPLIUATIDN FILED SEPT. 26. 1904.

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TYPE-WRITER.

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'Specifieatien of Letters: Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Lppliosfiou filed segfiembsi' 26, 1904. Berial'h'm 226 887.

To all uihqm itm wy eoncern: Be it known that-I, LEBBEUS G. GARRETT aeieizehef the" United States, residing at Wes'hih on, in-the eeunty ofWashington and Ste B ef 'Pennsylvenie, have invented certaihhew anduseful lmprovementa in Type-Writers,

specification,

, Myifhventien reietestomaemnes fox-menu ally with type, andparticularly to of whieh thekfbilewing is e the class 0 Word, eyiiebie,or lup'in' pbsitien' 1m ntybnee cup bf letters are first set gThe'pi'iheipai. ohjects of the; ihveniion fare ti} Sim lify fehe st meture'and renfderlherfe rapid t eeperatieh'pf typewriting-meehinee;

$9 pmvide'cenve ient 11162412 for celleleting in; pesitid fer prinfingseveral letters etthe;v heme time; to proylde a. superier jferm 9i ineefthiekeybberd and means for retu hihg 'ther'eam'e efier peers provide'superierje' e= r devices; and an automatie ieteg nfie theyapere'arz'iage, and to genereilysilhphfy and ehepen the stmethie andimpliove the ape? These ehjecte and izstmted in a typieehform in :(sheaceema paliyilig'drewings, wheileilrr teetin easi-ng mid stripped ofyarious unaseentia of mebhenism. Figs. 2 end '3 are re. lspeetivelyaffront and a. rear eiev ation of the mjieh ineil shflwn in Fig. 1; andZFig. 4 is a top ,pl'agy iewbf-the machine with'the pagermar- Kayakingeyeeeetoqs partly .thrdu n ask however, that the machine may*ueeehydesired number of these pens m drder -the-h,

whoie words may' be set 11 tggefiher Before P n he o eration of a hsame.

then impressed ou pg perf' emng ties of combined keyendi e sectors, eechhaving a 5055:! portion 10, w 'ch carries the type upbn the face eredge, and integral arms 11, which carry at, .their outer QI'iPhelj" anangular key seeter or ring 12, eating upon its face the various letters"seperated by hrilefies of sufi'ieient heighh to give e securerfivid'eti with extmfstren' mening al-111513 "m prxler; tegive-etifiness; {gut it he unyl iefiei e I m y provide iequired fersupper-tin -hl'e iipl ighte 14,' between whi'eg; mdunted upon a. fixedshaft 15, is e'seriee (if infi hting gimme '16; which are preferablymade of wecfhr film-materiel and are netche'd to enfge'ge ighe'ridges011 it'he peri heries ef'the key seeteife; H Eaeh iepx ovide with a,soil-spring 1?; fiied upbn the shaft; 15 and edep'ted'to revefiethedmm16in theeppesite dirctioa he ehet'indieated by the arrewlin order to re:

the key-aector'is dfevmi ciewnweri, as shown by zhe arrow, the drum lfiis revolved. It is plovided wiith a circular ratchet 18,- which ,bytheeeisien'efthe W V sition of the (item 16 "0 course cerresphmi's totors, and the pesieibn ehewgiiheypm 21 mi we: (1mm 16 engg the 351M122m1 meg 22flee indieate'd m dotted-511%,; it the; lewer left-heed eemerof Fig. 1; "ii 'hel l;the catch- 19* is raised out'of mesh With-fiheraek18,'it

V i -lever 2|}, ellowin the-dune, 1 0 mom a iwegdmnd when'i; e pirg'Zl,re hlgns he its 'original lidsition it will trip theIeYer'ZQand releeeet hhviferring t0 Figs. Land 2 ltgwiithe; (flea:-

' is: bmugh? n in 3, lififimlifi f be bmu eee e wh n fin main, shaft 9.Upon this, shaft.- 91 piece 8. Se:

7 eufier sector 12 isshown in'the dmwings as nah machines in which a.whoie sebtolf ringe 12. "the-hem. of; the nac he upQhjhebasefZ-"filmihfi key-sector 12 to it s hqrznal position when released;Asindieei fl Fig. 1, when qe'n afies the hepked head I35 of' dog 19,30he to o d the drum; ag d eensgqgentlyehe key V the hbfine position of.tghe'key nd type' see-- will engage V the newbie the hee tiqf the tripeeeteh 19 to engage" eke-drum;

that when any 'partieulap l ettergn gthe" keyup'on thekejyaseeter ferthe fingers 4 The paper have been depressed upon the type and releasedthe further depression of. the bar 27 and rod 28 will cause it to strikethe arm 24*v of the bell-crank lever or dog 19, which car rice the catch19*, disengaging it from the ratchet on the return-drum an engaging thenotched lever 20. Under the influence of the coil-spring 17 the drumthen returns to its original osition, where the pin 21 on. the drumstrikes its support and stops the movement, in the meanwhile replacingcatclylg by knocking up the trip-lever 20, as heretofore described. Incase any one of the keyse'ctors is desired to be returned independentlythis can be done by do )ressing the in dividual key 24, of which thereis one for each of the drums, as will be seen from Figs. 2 and 4.

The stop 29 is preferably made to perform the double function ofreleasing the fingers all at the same position and also of instantlystopping the movable keyboard or sector 12 prompt y at the rightposition. As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the stops or uards 29comprise a fingerpiece having a epending nose 29, which is in positionto enga e the sector 12 and stop its movement imme iately upon contactof the finger with the top portion of the guard. The guard is held innormal position by second cross-rod and a small spring, as indicated.

It will be understood, of course that the relative positions of thekeyboard and the t e upon the sector may be modified so 1; at theselecting or the gathering of the type will be accomplished by pushingthe key=sec tor forward rather than pulling it back, and while theparticular arrangement of the letters upon the key-sector is notmaterial to my invention I prefer the arrangement shown in the drawingsas convenient for rapid work. In drawin the keys down to position itWill generally e convenient to touch the one which is farthest offfirst, and thus a whole syllable or word may he brought down at once. Itwill be understood that after the rising of the sector 10 has raised thespacing lever 45 the latter remains up until the return of all thekey-sectors to normal position ready for the next word. As the sectorsare raised-the respective arms depress the rod 49 Fig. 4, against thetension of spr' 50 and elevate the lever 48 off the arm 47 of ever'45.

When the last sector is returned to normal position, the lever 48engages arm 47 and throws the lever 45 back, placing the dog 40 in itsnormal position ready for the next Word. The positions of type-sectors1O may be ad'usted by the stop-bar 65, Fig. 1.

Referring now more especially to Fig. 3, the/uprights 8 carry ahorizontal shaft 30, upon which is pivoted the laten-carriage, the wholebeing held in upriglit position normally by means of thedownwardly-extending arm 31,.which engages the stop 67 and is kept inplace by the spring 66. Above the shaft 30 the frame 32 carries asupporting-bar 33, upon which reciprocates the carriage 34 forsupporting the ai'per. The particular construction of this atter is notmaterial to my invention but I have shown a roller 35, having the knobs35 for manipulation, as is ordinary. The'movable carriage has a rack 36,which engages a circular toothed wheel 37, mounted upon a shaft in theframe 32. As appears more clearly from Fig. 4, this shaft has on itsrear side a drum 38, within,

which is a coil-spring 38", (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) adapted.t return the wheel to its original position aft r the carriage hasrevolved it toward the right, as shown by the arrow. which is operatedby means of the spring-dog 40, and this latter is reci rocated to engageand move it by means of t e vertically-reciprocating block 41, riding onpost 51 and operated by link 42 and a lever 43, fixed upon a shaft 44,which also carries the spacerdever 45. This lever 45, as shown in Fig.4, is provided with a series of teeth or dogs 46, one for each of thetype-sectors, they being of different length, so that the amount ofmotion imparted to the s ring-dog and rack 39 is dependent upon t e oneof the type-sectors which is raised. It will be seen that as eachtype-sector is raised (see Fig. 1) one of the dogs 46 of the lever isengaged, which turns the rock-shaft 44 and by the mechanism heretoforedescribed draws downward the catch 40, revolving the wheel 47 andcarrying over the carriage and platen-roll 35 a distance to make roperspacing for the ,letters thus lined up or printing. The dog 40 isprovided with a backwardly-extending arm 53, which engages acircular-shaped sprin 52. There is a retaining-catch 54 for whee 37,mounted upon the arm 55 and held downward by a spring, as shown in Fig.3. Mounted also upon the arm 55 is a lever 56, havin a jaw 57, whichwhen pressed down wi l thrust outward thespring 52 and lift the dog 40out of engagement and meanwhile, by a notch on its face, as shown, willengage and retain said spring 52 in the relief position. This lever ismoved down for this purpose by means of the pin 58 on the carria e,engaging the head 57 of the lever when t .e carr-1a e reaches itsextreme position to the right. t

The Wheel has a circular rack 39,

will be understood that thus the step-by-step revolution of the wheel 37in the direction of the arrow will be made by reason of the risin oifthetype-sectors end will gradually pus the super-carriage along in thepresses of writing until itreaehes the end of the line. The spring 38 isthus Wound up, and h it the cerrie e will be returned to its originalposition w on freed, end when it arrives at this position the pin 59 uon the eerriege 34 will stril' e the end 57 of t e lever 56, raisin itand releasing the'sprin'g 52, the dog 40, end the catch 54.

-Referring more particularly to Fi s 3 and 4, it will be seen that theplaten-roll as a depending arm 70, which as thecarrie e returns to itsoriginal position engages t e inclined guide 7 i and revolves theerrn toturn the platen-roll end hrin the pa, er upin position for writin e newe. 'Fhe, arm :21 is adjustable b its engagement wldh stud 7'2, as shownin .4, in order to turn the 'la-ten roll one'or more spaces, as me beesired. The tumin of the platen, as wel as the return of the carriage,is thus done 'eutometically; end the ower necessary for these twoactions is store up in thespring 38 in the process of setting up theline of type es the writing pro- From Figs. 1 and 4 it will be seenthat. the

actuating-rod 26'heretofore described as lee-"j drawn backward in thedirection of the arrow in Fig, '1 when the spacing and 'rinting bar 27is depressed hes a; notch w 'ohengages an edge or' other partIof thepivoted" carrier-frame 32 and, drewslit baokward, so the platen-roll 35is depressed in the direc-' 'tion indieeted'by dottedlinesiet the ,to of:Fig. 1 end hrings the paper down e, sherp blow upon the type'wh ch hasset up, Just at this pointof its motionthe end,

61 ofthe rod26' strikeswith itsiinelined e1 tien63 u on the'roller-62and'releases ol'n the pivoted cerriege 32, allowing the ear;- riagetos'pring haok'toitsori a1 osition be fore the catch 19-is release to alow return desired inking net-relmnisn1 may used for ,the type.

The 0 erstien. isas follows'llh several letters 0 a. word being selectedon'the ke sectors 12 and drewn downeerd until t e fingers are lined uenthe stop-brake29, the

the let er t mug type will be aline lYltfoperlyin position to ear- %agethe pleten-re .35 and thefoarria e will ave been meentirne moved ever bywheel 35' the proper number of's ares forthe V0175?" since each tye=-sect0r 1 as it rises operates h the proper aireto' space worde thetis, if the word has our letters' the; last letter vjvillbe hseen onthe'feui-tiiseeteif' 12 and its corresponding dog 46 wil'l'meve theeerriage four spaces, :aswill be, clear irom I proportion to itsrelative ositien' inthe 4. The s a e betweenlwerdsreeyhe" doubled ortrebled, as desired by simpl be ginning the word on the second or tlnrrsector 12. The type having been lined up, each sector stays where placedby the catch 19 engaging reek 18, the drum 16 holding the sector inposition. The bar 27 is now depressed, which throws down the platen onthetype by means of rod 26, and as soon as this s at am released by theroller 62 the-eontinued epression of rod 28 en ages all the travel-s24and releases all the rems 16, so. that all the keysector's 12 returm tonormal position, while notched levers 20 hold up the catches 19 untilreleased by the return of pins 21' striking levers 20, as heretofore.de-

scribed; When the end of the line is reached, the pin SSd'epresses lever57 and releases eatches 5 4 and 40 and theearriege is brought back bycoil-sprin 38',-:wheren on pin 59 releases lever 57 an allows oats es 40and 54- to enge e again. Also on the retnrn movemente thecerrie'gethepleten'roll is turned by lever-arm 7 0 striking guide '31; 7

it will'be seen that By this machine any number of letters, syllables,words, or a whole line maybe gathered and set up at once, v

the matter may be seen before printing and an error may be eorrected,the spacing is done automatically at the, same time with the gathering,the operation requires very. 5

little power'end few motionsof the hand and is very rapid, thealinerrient esnnet at out of order, the printing noiseless an is evenand easy, the shifting of the platen and paper ior eeeh newiineendreturn of the carriage are automatic, and the strikingof one letter overanother is impossible.

Having thus deserihed'frny invention and illustrated its e,:what {claimas new, and

set of pivo members having eiich a set of finger-keys adapted for directmanual operationby the fingers laced thereon for selec- .ftio'n, on oneside, an on enotherside a correof the drum 16 and the; key-seetorgspondin se t oftype, means to stop said keys operated by the fingers onthe keys, an F jm'eens for printing the type, siibstentisllyes"described; r

Ina type-writer e' pivoted type and key sector having a set oferrengedon one [side thereof ande set pro re direct engagement-ind movement 57arMter-keysade tthe fingerssrrenged on the other side, comlined withmeans operetesbr he fingers on i the seiditeys lni then-T movement forstepping the keys and typein eli rementf imprinting, substantially asdecribed.- V 7 3. Tue type -writers; iroted seetor hevi'n on one m ofits peri my a set-of tyi e en en enot or part 9 the riiiher'y a set ofeon re'sponding eheraeterye adegted to be moved by the fingers lacedthereon, stops eleo opretedby said Eugen, met-ne to ad desire to seeureby Letters Patent, is the fol lowin in y 11. not. "eirriter 'thecomhrnatzon of e 7 means to hold the keys and typein position perf andmeans for returning the type to norreturn mechanism to replace thekey-sectors.

printing the type and releasing the return series of ty e-sectors havingIntegral parts with fingereye to select the type, means opjust the typein line for printing by moving the keys, and means to print the type onthe paper. I

4. In a type-Writer a plurality of type-sec tors each having an integralcircular fingerkey sector, means to gather or compose and aline a groupof the type on said sectors for printing all at once, means operated bythe fin ers on the keys to lock the keys inplace am means to impress thetype on the paper.

5. In a e-writer a revoluble key-sector, a revoluble lieyboard carriedon the sector,

for printing, mechanism operated. by the motion of the sector to spacethe writing, and means to impress the type on. the paper.

6. In a ty e-writer a movable t e-sector, spacing mec anismoperatcd by,t e sector mechanism for printing the type and simultaneously releasingthe sector and returning it to normal position.

7. The combination with a set of revoluble members carrying sets of typeand a set of keys, of means to aline the type, mechanism operated by thetype-sector to space the pa ma position after moving key-sector.

8. In a type-writer a set of movable keyboards and type-sectors carriedthereon, and means for lining up and printing the ty e comprising a barin the pat of motion of t e finger when moving the key-sector, said barhaving connected mechanism to first impress the type and. release it andthen to actuate printing, operatedv by the 9. Ina ty e-writer, thecombination with a movable eyboard and type-sector, of spring returnmechanismo erated by the movement of the key-boar a presser-bar thereturn mechanism after the printing.

1( In a type-writer, substantially as described, a movable keyboard anda return mechanism for the movable keyboard comrising a spin -actuateddrum en agingthe kc board, an means for simu taneously mechanism.

11. In a type-Writer a set of pivoted sectors having type and fingerkeyson their peripheries, means to aline the type for printing, andautomatic mechanism operated by the several'sectors as they are alined,for spacing the. paper with respect to the type, substantially asdescribed.

12. Ina typewyriter a paper-carriage, a

cratcd by the type-sectors for moving and spacing the paper-carriage, aspring for returning the papcncarriage wound by the action of thetype-sectors during the printing,

and an autonmtic release for said spring to return the carriage, andautomatic mechanism for turmng the paper-platen for another line as thecarriage returns.

13. In a type-writer the combination with a set of type-sectors having aortion pro-- vided with iinger-keys to select t e ty e, and alpaper-carriagehaving a rack, of a riving- W ieel engaging the rack,means to revolve the Wheel the proper distance to space for the numberof sectors alined for printing, automatic means for returnin thecarriage when the end of the line is reac red, and for moving the pa erin position for the next line.

14. In a ty e-Writer, the combination with a set of revo ubletype-sectors, of a papercarriage and means for moving it comprising alever having arms of different length of throw, one engaging each ofsaid type-sectors, whereby the series of type-sectors progressivelyoperate the lever and move the carriage a progressive number of spacescorresponding to the number of type-sectors used.

15. In a tyipe-writer aseries of ty e-sectors provide withselecting-keys t ereon and means for alining several type in position toprint a word, and means 0 erated by the type-sectors for automaticalspacin the paper for the letters and making a blan space between words,substantially as described.

v16. In a ty e-writer the combination with a circular key oard, of aspring-actuated return-drum for the keyboard, a rack on the drum, acatch for retaining the drum in position, and a tripping-lever forholding said catch, and astop-pin on the drum adapted to stop it at afixed position and also to release ,the tripping-lever and the catchwhen the drum returns to normal position.

17. In a typewriter, the combination with a set of revoluble keyboardsand integral type-sectors thereon, of means'to aline and print the type,means to shift and space the paper over the 'type, means to depress thepaper on the type and means to return the type-sectors to normalposition, all sald means being actuated by a single member in'the pathof the finger as it moves the keyboard to osition, substantially asdescribed.

n testimony whereof I have hereunder signed myname in the presence ofthe two subscribed witnesses.

LEBBEUS G. GARRETT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. WISE, F. W. H. CLAY.

